Abstract
A serious situation the world has faced, a virus is spreading very fast almost in every country leaving millions infected and hundreds of thousands dead. The whole aspects of life have been affected, health, economy, travel, manufacturing, trade and education is no exception. Universities cancelled face-to-face study, canceled study-abroad programs, forced students to leave dorms and in some cases students in off-campus housing, too, were asked to vacate and moved to online teaching. Meanwhile, Scheduled conferences have been cancelled, and almost every sports event or even practice have also been put on hold. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the world’s education system, as most schools in almost every country have closed their doors for extended periods to combat the spread of the virus. Millions of students across 209 countries infected by the COVID-19 virus have been affected by school closures and health officials were predicting the crisis would last for months. The uncertainty caused by the pandemic seems to discourage not only the parents but also the educators as well from being hopeful that the quality of the education process will be guaranteed. This paper provides a view point and a review for the challenges faced by the students, educators, and schools during the Coronavirus pandemic in order to have better understanding for the online education challenges for better planning and management of the education process.
Highlights
In 2019 the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit almost every country in the world leading to school closures
Even with all the precautions taken for social distancing, it was known if the school closures would be effective as a measure for stopping the outbreaks of COVID-19
The historical data collected during the spread of the SARS in the FAR East countries showed no effective contribution of the school closures in controlling the pandemic [1]
Summary
In 2019 the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit almost every country in the world leading to school closures. The attitudes and behaviors of the course designers, students and instructors are most significant quality factors for online teaching and learning and distance education in general. These stakeholders find many factors that inhibit them from being part of a distance learning education. The rate of students taking online courses is increasing very rapidly, these learners tend to face significant challenges to develop the skill set needed for this type of learning environment [20]. Some of the challenges of online education include; students access to content and flexibility, the course quality concerns, the relationship between instructor and student, and the students’ academic honesty. They introduced the unique affordances associated with the online learning and shed the lights on the differences in online communication (in the context of learning) compared to face-to-face communication [29]
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